Taxonavigation
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dracohors
Superordo: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Name
Theropoda Marsh, 1881
Classifications
Paul (1888)
Paul, G. S. (1988). Predatory Dinosaurs of the World. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-61946-2.
Superorder Theropoda
- Order Paleotheropoda
- Suborder Ceratosauria
- Family Procompsognathidae
- Family Coelophysidae
- Subfamily Coelophysinae
- Subfamily Halticosaurinae
- Family Spinosauridae
- Family Ceratosauridae
- Suborder Intertheropoda
- Family Megalosauridae
- Subfamily Megalosaurinae
- Subfamily Abelisaurinae
- Subfamily Noasaurinae
- Family Eustreptospondylidae
- Subfamily Eustreptospondylinae
- Subfamily Metriacanthosaurinae
- Family Megalosauridae
- Suborder Ceratosauria
- Order Avetheropoda
- Suborder Compsognathia
- Family Compsognathidae
- Suborder Coeluria
- Family Coeluridae
- Suborder Allosauria
- Family Allosauridae
- Subfamily Ornitholestinae
- Subfamily Allosaurinae
- Family Tyrannosauridae
- Subfamily Aublysodontinae
- Subfamily Tyrannosaurinae
- Family Allosauridae
- Suborder Protoavia
- Family Archaeopterygidae
- Subfamily Archaeopteryginae
- Subfamily Dromaeosaurinae
- Family Caenagnathidae
- Subfamily Caenagnathinae
- Subfamily Oviraptorinae
- Family Ornithomimidae
- Subfamily Garudimiminae
- Subfamily Deinocherinae
- Subfamily Ornithomiminae
- Family Troodontidae
- Family Avimimidae
- Family Archaeopterygidae
- Suborder Compsognathia
Olshevsky (1991)
Olshevsky, G. (1991). A revision of the parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, excluding the advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings. 2, 196 pp.
Paraorder Theropoda
- Parasuborder Ceratosauria
- Family Podokesauridae
- Family Halticosauridae
- Family Ceratosauridae
- Family Megalosauridae
- Family Abelisauridae
- Family Noasauridae
- Suborder Spinosauria
- Family Baryonychidae
- Family Spinosauridae
- Suborder Carnosauria
- Parafamily Eustreptospondylidae
- Family Allosauridae
- Family Itemiridae
- Family Dryptosauridae
- Parafamily Aublysodontidae
- Family Tyrannosauridae
- Parasuborder Protoaviformes
- Family Protoavidae
- Suborder Coelurosauria
- Family Compsognathidae
- Family Coeluridae
- Family Avisauridae
- Suborder Ornithomimosauria
- Family Ornithomimidae
- Family Deinocheiridae
- Suborder Deinonychosauria
- Parafamily Archaeopterygidae
- Family Dromaeosauridae
- Family Troodontidae
- Suborder Oviraptorosauria
- Family Caenagnathidae
- Family Elmisauridae
- Family Oviraptoridae
- Family Ingeniidae
- Suborder Avimimiformes
- Family Avimimidae
Benton (2005)
Benton, M. J. (2005), Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd ed. Blackwell Science Ltd
Suborder Theropoda
- Infraorder Herrerasauria
- Infraorder Coelophysoidea
- Infraorder Ceratosauria
- Division Neoceratosauria
- Subdivision Abelisauroidea
- Family Abelisauridae
- Family Noasauridae
- Subdivision Ceratosauridae
- Subdivision Abelisauroidea
- Division Neoceratosauria
- Infraorder Tetanurae
- Division Megalosauria
- Subdivision Spinosauroidea
- Family Megalosauridae
- Family Spinosauridae
- Subdivision Spinosauroidea
- Division Carnosauria
- Subdivision Allosauroidea
- Family Allosauridae
- Family Carcharodontosauridae
- Family Neovenatoridae
- Family Metriacanthosauridae
- Subdivision Allosauroidea
- Division Coelurosauria
- Family Coeluridae
- Subdivision Maniraptoriformes
- Family Tyrannosauridae
- Family Ornithomimidae
- Infradivision Maniraptora
- Family Alvarezsauridae
- Family Therizinosauridae
- Cohort Deinonychosauria
- Family Troodontidae
- Family Dromaeosauridae
- Class Aves
- Division Megalosauria